PageWork vs. Sputnik vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WiGit

General Features PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Version
0.4.8
8.08.13
5.1.21
0.1
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Yuri Takhteyev
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
MIT/X
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Lua
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
other
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Small teams or private users
Individuals, private, small groups
Private users
System Requirements PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
gcc or Lua
A common browser
Git
Datastorage PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
Git
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
Yes
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
8598 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Usability PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
No
Statistics PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
No
Output PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
No
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
No
Extras PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[InternalLink]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
# Sputnik
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
h1. Headline
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
*Bold*
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italic//
_Italics_
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
__underline__
+underlined+
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
{{{monospaced}}}
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
--strikethrough--
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
~~subscript~~
~subscript~
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
> Sputnik
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* Sputnik
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
1. Sputnik
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
: term : definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
- - -
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